Should You Ban Cameras at Your Gym? A Lawyer's Perspective

As social media becomes flooded with fitness influencers, or “fitfluencers,” a new issue arises for gym owners: cameras in gyms.

Who’s liable when a member is in the background of a photo or video and doesn’t want to be? The gym owner or the media creator? The answer might surprise you.

Believe it or not, cameras can cause serious headaches for gym owners. In some situations, they might lose members. In other cases, they could get dragged into costly, tedious lawsuits.

Here to break down the issue is gym-owning lawyer Matthew Becker of Gym Lawyers PLLC and Industrial Athletics in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

As Matthew spells out the problems related to cameras in gyms, he and host Mike Warkentin discuss potential solutions, which range from using specific language in contracts and waivers to installing designated, well-lit selfie stations to mitigate risk when people produce media.

06:53 - First scenario
12:28 - Second scenario
22:12 - Third scenario
26:58 - Fourth scenario
35:27 - Accepting the risk

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Can you say recording is allowed with a phone but not with a camera? Also, we have now cameras on glasses which is very hard to spot and the person can record even in changing room. I would love to hear your take also on cameras on these glasses